Chapter 7 007
Thalia's POV
"Mommy isn't Daddy going to have breakfast with us?" The fork in my hand almost hit the floor. One of my sons said that, instead of my face to take the crest falling expression that would have completely reflected what I was feeling inside, I forced a smile for the sake of my little boy and his sister sitting across.
"Daddy isn't feeling too well so he will have his breakfast later."I said then indicated the broccoli on his plate.
"Liam make sure you eat your vegetables this time,"
He pouted a bit but still nodded his head, his sister was already halfway through her food. I smiled thankfully only one of my kids just happened to be a picky eater.
"Lily, eat your food a little more slowly, you wouldn't want to have indigestion now."
It was crazy to think that years ago I had never really pictured myself as a mother at this age.
I mean kids were in the picture somewhere for me but back then I had other dreams but nowadays I want to regret this . I wanted how things would have turned out if I didn't get pregnant. I would look at them and know that my life would feel so empty without them.
But still there were times I thought about it.
Varian did not return back to the bedroom and now he was even missing breakfast as well.
He kept reminding me he was the alpha of this pack every chance he got but sometimes he acted with the same level of maturity as our kids-literal toddlers!
But I felt horrible for accusing him for something that he was innocent of. I decided that I was going to apologize to him probably with a gift.
So I left my kids in the care of their nanny and then called my friend Shelly up.
We had gotten closer again in the previous 5 years of our relationship repairing and being strong once more. That was how I knew she was giddy to tell me something the second I parked in front of her house and saw her waiting for me at the front door.
She rushed over to me hugging me and I hugged her back, allowing some of the stress from the argument I had with my chosen mate to trickle away.
After our hug she told me into her house.
"Is there something you want to tell me?" I asked as we both settled down in our living room, "you're practically glowing."
"Am I?" She said as though she was oblivious of it then waved her hand, "oh please don't tease me it's not as if I could even dream of looking half as good as you if I wanted to."
I laughed and tried to play it off as a compliment just like how she probably wanted it to be but I didn't feel great. I hadn't so much as crossed a hair salon for months and everyday my hair was pulled into a tight bun filled with grease. No longer did I dress to impress unless it was a formal location instead I would just wait for the most comfortable dress possible. The same thing went for shoes. It was something I sang into after having kids and I've never really been able to pull myself out of yet.
She saw how sad I looked after her comments and clutched my fingers in hers.
"Is there something wrong you know you can tell me anything..."
I thought about it for a while and then decided to just be honest with her if there was anyone I could share these problems with it was definitely my best friend so I told her about the text I got and she listened to everything without interrupting me once then when I was done she nodded thoughtfully absorbing everything I said.
"I can't really blame you for the way you reacted. I mean it's all pointing to an affair isn't it?"
I sighed, "that's why I was so confident when I was confronting him but turns out he is completely innocent."
Her face had this confused look on it. "How are you so sure that he's innocent?"
My eyes widened, "but you heard me... I explained everything to him..."
"Baby girls don't be so naive. Men can't survive without getting their little friend downstairs wet and if you're not the one doing it someone else definitely is." She said very confidently, "The best person must have reached out to try and expose their affair and now he's pretending he knows nothing about it."
I could see where Shelly was coming from with this but I didn't want to take relationship advice from her and as if there was a sign that I should have trusted my own judgment while she was giving the advice a man started hurrying down the stairs pulling up his pants and buttoning his shirt Shelly didn't even turn around to address him, he looked that was briefly made an awkward murmur and then just left.
"Was that..."
"Nothing important just last night's fun don't worry about it," she said and I could feel my resolve not to take her words without a pinch of salt immediately harden she was a good friend but not the type to go all in in a relationship she feared commitments like it was a plague after her life.
Over the years she had made snide comments about my relationship with Varian, nothing that I could really ever call her out on without seeming like a paranoid woman but they were things that stuck and occasionally got under my skin.
She always said I could do better but what would be better than the man I loved who was also the father of my two beautiful twins? Not to mention that he was the alpha of our Park other than our little issues here and there. I'm sure that we could fix us if I just tried a little harder.
We continued to talk for a while and before I left Shelly said she would be coming over for dinner tonight and she had a big announcement to make.